Category Archives: Community

Those who know me know I’m heavy in community building. I was listening to a podcast this morning with the founder of CMX Hub, David Spinks, as a result of seeing this tweet: Podcast interview: The Power of Community – @CMX @DavidSpinks @NearMeCo #sharingeconomy http://t.co/xVhhkRh8ts pic.twitter.com/P8V0SM7qvk — Near Me (@NearMeCo) June 16, 2015 I was pleasantly surprised when David mentioned my community/travel startup, Horizon, as an example of a cool new community platform toward the end of the show (min 21 or 22).

My friend (& Horizon advisor) Shannon sent this article to me the other day. I love it. Particularly: What if, instead of focusing on exits, we focused on sticking around? What if the focus wasn’t on selling up and moving on, but instead was on handing down and passing on? Many entrepreneurs build companies because they see a financial opportunity. They fully expect to exit by selling the company. That’s fine of course. But that’s not me. The goal with Horizon is to build a long term company that is passed down to the next generation. Which, of course, is why that blog post resonates with me…and why Shannon sent it.

I was one of the organizers for Startup Weekend Valparaiso this past weekend. The weeks of planning, and 3 days of the actual event were busy. But it’s seeing testimonials like this that makes it all worth it…